NewsAnimalsChatty bats are more likely to take risksBroadcasting vocalizations may affect group dynamics Bats may broadcast their individual personalities through their calls, a study finds, with chattier bats behaving more boldly.Luis Vargas/iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)By Richard Kemeny41 seconds agoAll bats are vocal, but some are more vocal than others.This chattiness reveals their individuality, with more talkative bats acting more boldly, researchers report January 29 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Bats might broadcast their personalities to others from a distance, which could play into social dynamics within a colony, the finding suggests.This study is a major step forward in our understanding of behavioral types in bats and how those relate to patterns of social vocalization, says